APS STAMPSHOW August 3-6, 2017 Richmond, Virginia Benjamin & Naomi Wishnietsky World Series Champion of Champions Colonial Central America James P. Mazepa BALPEX 2016 World Series of Philately Prix d'Honneur The First United States 12 Cent Stamp Series of 1851-1861 James Allen Garfield Perry 2017 Philadelphia - Great Britain Mails John H. Barwis TEXPEX 2017 Irish Coil Stamps 1922-1940 Robert M. Benninghoff ARIPEX 2017 The 1d Ship printings of the Union of South Africa 1926-54 Eddie Bridges Boxborough 2017 Revolutionary Martyrs of the Kuomintang Robert T. Burney Omaha Stamp Show 2016 Development of Chinese Imperial Post Office 1897-99, Transformation From Custom Post Sam G. Chiu Edmonton Spring Show 2017 Wei Hai Wei, China, 1896-1949 Sam G. Chiu ORAPEX 2017 A Postal History of Hartford, Connecticut Anthony F. Dewey ROPEX 2017 British WWII Prisoner-of-War Air Mail Stationery Michael Dixon SEAPEX 2016 Panama - The Evolution of Postal Systems in Panama 1777-1881 Alfredo Frohlich MILCOPEX 2016 APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 1 of 13 Zeppelin South America Flights, 1932-1937 James W. Graue StampShow 2016 Swiss Flexible-head Razor Cancelers Roger Heath PIPEX 2017 The attempt to prevent fraud and cut costs through the lens of the 3c denomination: 1861-69 Jan Hofmeyr WESTPEX 2017 The 1964 New York World's Fair Commemorative Ronald J. Klimley Americover 2016 U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884 Lester C. Lanphear, III Filatelic Fiesta 2016 The 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt Definitive Stamp 1955-1968 Joann & Kurt Lenz Plymouth 2017 Burma - The First Two Issues Michael Ley Minnesota Stamp Expo 2016 The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue Nicholas A. Lombardi Florex 2016 The Evolution of Via Siberia Mail 1897-1945 Jerry H. Miller INDYPEX 2016 Switzerland Registered Mail 1785-1863 Michael Peter St. Louis Expo 2017 New Jersey Stampless Covers: Handstamp Postal Markings 1775-1855 Robert G. Rose NAPEX 2017 Washington and Franklin Coils: Third Bureau Perforated Issues 1908-1922 Gregory Shoults COLOPEX 2017 The Wonderful World of Bamboo Phillip J. Stager NTSS 2017 St-Pierre et Miquelon, ses Surcharges au 19e Siecle Jean-Jacques Tillard NOVAPEX 2016 APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 2 of 13 Norwegian Registered Mail to 1950 Eigil Trondsen SANDICAL 2017 The United States Governmental Flights (1918-1927) Patrick A. Walters Chicagopex 2016 Court of Honor Seventy Years of the United Nations Headquarters Complex, 1947-2017 Smithsonian National Postal Museum Changing the Subject Casey Jo White, Bill Dugan and Mike Farrell U.S. Special Handling 1925-1959: The Stamps & The Service Robert G. Rufe Open Competition Grand and Large Gold Britain's Marvelous Machins- Varieties of the Denominated Printings 1967-2016 Stephen McGill and also The Philatelic Foundation Best Research Award Reserve Grand and Large Gold Canadian Postal History: A Rate Study using Decimal Franked and Stampless Covers (1859-1868) Ronald E. Majors and also British North America Philatelic Society Best BNA Exhibit, Postal History Society, Inc. Medal, APS Best Canadian Exhibit Literature Grand and Large Gold American Air Mail Catalogue, 7th Edition, Vol 3 American Air Mail Society National Stamp Dealers Association Most Popular Award Backyard Chickens Dawn R. Hamman Award of Merit for Display and Gold Backyard Chickens APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 3 of 13 Dawn R. Hamman Award of Merit for Illustrated Mail and Large Gold Minnesota Territorial Centennial Stamp - 1949 Kenneth R. Nilsestuen Award of Merit for Postal and Gold Cuba Colonial 1855-1898 Leonardo Palencia Award of Merit for Thematic and Gold Lord of the Arctic Jenny Bennett and also American Topical Association 2nd Place Large Gold Mail From the U.S. To Germany Before the Universal Postal Union Robert S. Boyd and also German Philatelic Society Award The 2d & 3d Large Format Pictorial Printings of the Union of South Africa 1925-1951 Eddie Bridges and also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Award of Excellence for Plan and Headings Colombia - The 1917 Perkins Issue Santiago Cruz and also American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence 1900-1940 SWISS Official Stamps for the UNEO and International Agencies Anthony F. Dewey and also United Nations Philatelists International Gold Award The Gentleman From Pennsylvania William DiPaolo and also American Topical Association 1st Place, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Special Achievement Award The Two Cent Hardings: Their First Day Usage and the Birth of Modern Cacheted First Day Covers James Hering and also APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 4 of 13 American First Day Cover Award The British & French Post Offices in Cuba Fernando Iglesias Tonga 1984/5 Marine Life Definitive Set and Further Paintings Gregory Jorgensen and also American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence Post 1980 Hawaii Postal Cards Richard C. Malmgren and also U.S. Possessions Philatelic Society Multi-frame Award Artists' Drawings, Essays and Proofs of the 1948 Do'ar Ivri Issue of Israel Robert B. Pildes, MD and also American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence 1940-1980 Prostitute Revenues of Rosario de Santa Fe Benedict Termini US Administration in Cuba 1898 to 1907 Jack E. Thompson and also Cuban Philatelic Society of America Award, U.S. Stamp Society Statue of Freedom Award Classic Persia K. Joe Youssefi and also American Philatelic Society Medal of Excellence Pre-1900 Gold Walt Disney's First Super Star: Mickey Mouse Edward Bergen Adhesive Stamp Usage on Transatlantic Mail to and from U.S. 1840-1875 Carol A. Bommarito and also U.S. Cancellation Club Best Exhibit of U.S. Cancellation Postal Charges on Airmail France - Australasia 1933-1993 David Collyer Postal Rates in the Republic of Turkey, 1920-1963 Yavuz M. Corapcioglu The First Perforated Stamp: Great Britain Penny Red Stars 1850-1864 Juan Farah The Special Design Issues of Cuba 1899-1910 Juan Farah APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 5 of 13 The W.H.O.'s The World United Against Malaria Stamp Campaign Larry Fillion and also American Topical Association 3rd Place Colombia - First Perforated Issue, 1883 Alfredo Frohlich The League of Nations - The War Years Greg S. Galletti and also United Nations Philately International Silver Award U.S. Ten Cent Issue of 1861 Kenneth D. Gilbart Andrew Restall, Stamp Designer Brian Harmon Latin America - Before 1940 Li Hong and also German Philatelic Society Special Award The Shanghai-Manchouli Flight by Eurasia Aviation Corporation (April-June 1931) David You Lu Postmasters and Postal Markings of Richmond, VA 1782-1856 Robert Mayo and also U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Award British Postal Mechanization: From Transorma To The Modern Era Stephen McGill and also American Philatelic Society Research Medal Cuba, Perforated Stamps Under Spanish Dominion Daniel Montes Peruvian Airmail, 1927-1941 Thomas P. Myers and also American Air Mail Society Award The Berlin Pneumatic Post 1876-1945 Michael Peter and also German Philatelic Society Award Revenue Stamped Paper - Cuba 1759-1885 APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 6 of 13 Humberto Velez Large Vermeil Uses of the 3-cent statue of Liberty Stamp Design of the 1954 Liberty Series Roland Austin Confederate Advertising Covers Lawrence F. C. Baum Walt Disney's Second Super Star: Donald Duck Edward Bergen Cuba: Varieties and Errors, 1899-1962 Arturo Codina and also Errors, Freaks and Oddities Collectors Club 1st Place Transatlantic Mail Services 1939-1945. The Veil is Lifted David Crotty Independent State and Confederate Mail of West Virginia 1861-1865 Wayne Farley The World's Capital - The United Nations Headquarters Greg S. Galletti and also United Nations Philately International Bronze Award Sealing the Letter in 19th Century Great Britain Arthur Groten and also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award The Jewel City - Postcards of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco 1915 Dawn Hamman and also Collectors Club of Chicago Award Confederate Mails on the Rails Louis Hannen The De La Rue Issues for the Confederate States of America Leonard H. Hartmann also Confederate Stamp Alliance Award Companhia de Mocambique: The Waterlow Issues 1918-1940 Clyde J. Homen The 15 cent 1978 Viking Mars Issue Ralph H. Nafziger APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 7 of 13 Rally 'Round the Flag Randolph Smith Relief Breaks on the Two-cent 1890 American Bank Note Company Issue Harold M. Sollenberger Confederate Use of Patriotic Covers Etc, During the Civil War (1861-65) John Walker Newfoundland's 1897 Royal Family Issue Richard S. Wilson Vermeil Argentina's Claims to the South Atlantic Islands and Antarctic Peninsula and the British Response Daniel Chaij Windsor Castle Alma Downes and also American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Gold Award of Honor Bridging the Divide Brian Harmon Telegraphy in the Civil War George J. Kramer Movie Props - Philately in the Movies Thomas J. Richards Echoes of a Vanished Country Gannon Sugimura Women of the Black Heritage Series - All Faced Cruelty With Courage and Hope Mark Thompson and also American Philatelic Congress Award Postal Routes between China and North America 1867-1945 Lan Qing Zhang Large Silver Antebellum Virginia - The 1851 -1861 Period Gene Lightfoot The Saga of the Icelandic Horse Mike Schumacher APS StampShow 2017 Richmond, Virginia Page 8 of 13 Silver Bronze Postage Stamps of the Polish Government in Exile 1939-1947 Leslie Butler Diversity in the Diamond: The Courageous Struggle for Acceptance and Recognition in America's Pastime as Commemorated by the USPS Joel Cohen Single Frame Competition Single Frame Grand and Large Gold Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Onboard Postmarks Cheryl R. Ganz and also German Philatelic Society Award Single Frame Reserve Grand and Large Gold The 'D' Rate-Change Stamps of 1985 Anthony F. Dewey Large Gold The e Watermark Definitive Coil Stamps of Ireland 1940 to 1970 Robert M. Benninghoff Guatemala: The UPU Resplendent Quetzals 1881-1886 Michael Bloom Special Mail Routes of the Red River Colony Chip Gliedman and also British North America Philatelic Society Best BNA Research Exhibit The Ten Cent U.S.